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Author Archives: Ian Aberle
Academic Technology is on the move!
Actually, it’s more like “We’re Moving!” Over this summer Academic Technology, the Faculty Media Lab, and the SMU STAR Program will be moving to our new location in Fondren Library East. Not only will we be in a more visible … Continue reading
New Opportunities for Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism
As we begin this new semester, we also begin a period of learning the writing styles of our new students. During this time, some of our more tech savvy and ethically-challenged students may take this opportunity to sneak one or … Continue reading
Posted in How To...
Tagged Academic, cheating, college, detecting, Honesty, Plagiarism, preventing, resources, SafeAssign, smu, students, tools
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The Future of Textbooks is in Using a Tablet
With all the rumors of an Apple branded tablet device, some textbook publishers have produced a demo video of how they would like to use the device. The video is created by Coursesmart, a joint venture of five textbook publishers … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged apple, CourseSmart, ebook, future, iSlate, tablet, textbook
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Faculty Technology Grants 2009 Last Day
Today is the last day for submissions in the Provost’s 2009 Faculty Technology Grants. As you know, the Office of the Provost encourages SMU faculty to explore meaningful and innovative use of instructional technology. These grants provide faculty members with … Continue reading
College Textbooks Now Available on the iPhone & iPod touch.
College students can now argue that the iPhone is required for college. CourseSmart, a revolutionary online subscription service for textbooks, has released a new iPhone app. The “eTextbooks for the iPhone,” allows users to access more than 7,000 titles from … Continue reading
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Tagged app, college, CourseSmart, eTextbook, iPhone, savings, student, textbook
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Record Video Clips from DVDs with VLC 1.0
We frequently get asked by faculty about getting clips from DVDs to use in their classes. For most of them, it just too much hassle. With the release of VLC 1.0 (available at videolan.org), it is now as easy as … Continue reading
Blackboard on the iPhone!
Recently, at the ConnectED summit, someone at Northwest College of Agriculture captured a demonstration of the upcoming Blackboard application for iPhone and iPod touch. The Blackboard rep explains the application will allow you to connect to your schools Blackboard server … Continue reading
Posted in LMS
Tagged blackboard, CMS, demonstration, Facebook, Flickr, iPhone, iPod, LMS, video, YouTube
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Retr0brite: Yellowing Computers Be Gone!
For those who still have an old “beige” computer that is no longer the clean color it once was, this is for you. Many of those old computers were treated with flame retardant and with exposure to UV light, changed … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements
Tagged amiga, computers, cool free stuff, free, opensource, Retr0bright, yellow
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Editor’s Note: In the computer age, handwriting is a lost art
From Computerworld: By Don Tennant October 20, 2008 Last week, I had the good fortune of coming across a column written by Kip Layton Jr., a school administrator in the tiny, remote village of Eek, Alaska. It wasn’t fortunate simply … Continue reading Continue reading
iPhones go to front of the class at Texas university
Apple devices at heart of Abilene Christian mobile learning project By John Cox , Network World , 10/13/2008 When almost 1,000 freshman students showed up at Abilene Christian University on Aug. 16, they got something more than the usual medical … Continue reading Continue reading